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and the
Study of the Politics
At the end of this module, I can:
These are pertinent inquiries as these would yield a background on the types of
responses to the system a society will have.
The next variable is input. This refers to the forms of political events or products
that are needed by the society from its government. This is divided into two
categories: demands and support.
Demands refer to the perceived needs of the population that could better their
lives. This may include better wages, equality in the workplace, and lowered taxes, to
name a few.
Support refers to mechanisms within the system that would allow for such
demands to be facilitated. A demand should also have support from existing structures.
Hence, even if there is general public support for the clamor of the teachers for higher
wages, if there is no facilitating institution to accommodate the needed change, then it
will have lesser chances of being heard by the government.
The political system acts like a black box through which every form of
demand is sifted and decided upon. It could be either democratic or socialist,
parliamentary or presidential, and unitary or federal. based on the nature of the
political system, the demands are either acted upon or neglected.
Power, this implies the capacity to direct and influence the decisions of others.
Hence, Weber's definition corresponds to the interplay of power relations
within a political system.